Enrollment
332
Middle
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 594
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MILL CREEK COMMUNITY SCH CORP·NCES 180666001170
Cascade Middle School
6423 S CR 200 W, Clayton, IN 46118 · (317) 539-9285 · Hendricks County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of Indiana public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
98 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 105 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 119 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 33% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cascade Middle School→Cascade Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Mill Creek Community Sch Corp. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
43.4%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
46.0%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Cascade Middle School
Cascade Middle School's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Middle School this school | 332 | 29.5% | 45.5% |
| Adams Central Middle School Monroe | 324 | 28.7% | 58.1% |
| Westview Elementary School Topeka | 348 | 29.9% | 60.1% |
| Northwestern Middle School Kokomo | 324 | 33.0% | 46.0% |
| Lapel Middle School Lapel | 335 | 34.6% | 33.1% |
| Batesville Middle School Batesville | 507 | 31.0% | 49.8% |
Matched among Indiana middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Cascade Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana | In Hendricks County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #104 of 324 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #98 of 325 | #10 of 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #125 of 325 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #263 of 334 | #10 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #58 of 314 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.1% | #258 of 315 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #286 of 330 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #99 of 187 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
332
-58 (-15%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 262
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 332 | 26.1 | 12.7:1 | 30% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 25.2 | 13.8:1 | 30% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 360 | 25.2 | 14.3:1 | 28% (101) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 28% (111) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 24.8 | 14.9:1 | 28% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 26 | 13.8:1 | 25% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 390 | 19 | 20.5:1 | 34% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | 15% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 262 | 14 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cascade Middle School.
About Cascade Middle School
Cascade Middle School is a small middle school in Clayton, Indiana, one of the schools in Mill Creek Community Sch Corp. The school's 332 students are in grades 6 through 8. Statewide, middle schools in Indiana average about 594 students each.
Mill Creek Community Sch Corp has 1,572 students in 4 schools, and Cascade Middle School is one of those schools.
Federal enrollment data show Cascade Middle School is 90% White. It is also 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Hendricks County's residents are about 78% White, 12 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is an 18% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 26.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.7:1. On average, middle schools in Indiana have 15.6:1, compared with 12.7:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Cascade Middle School is 30%. The rate at public schools in Hendricks County averages 39%, higher than here.
allk12 grades Cascade Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Indiana public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 45.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Hendricks County, the median household income is $101,144, about 40% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. In all, Hendricks County has 47 public schools and roughly 33,487 students.
The closest public school, Cascade Senior High School, is about 0.1 miles from Cascade Middle School. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Cascade Middle School ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment is down 15% from 2020-21, when Cascade Middle School had 390 students, to 2024-25, when it had 332.
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Hendricks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
183,344
Census ACS
Median income
$101,144
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
47
33,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mill Creek Community Sch Corp
- Cascade Senior High SchoolHigh · 537 students
- Mill Creek East ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Mill Creek West ElementaryElementary · 344 students
- Little Cadets PreschoolElementary
Other schools in Clayton
- Cascade Senior High SchoolHigh · 537 students
- Mill Creek East ElementaryElementary · 359 students
- Little Cadets PreschoolElementary
Other Cascade Middle schools
8 other US public schools in 4 states are named Cascade Middle. Cascade Middle School is the 9th largest of the 9.
- Cascade Middle SchoolAUBURN, WA · 966 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolVancouver, WA · 815 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolBend, OR · 687 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolSeattle, WA · 671 students
- Cascade Middle SchoolSedro-Woolley, WA · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Cascade Senior High School0.1 mi · 537
- Mill Creek East Elementary2.5 mi · 359
- Mill Creek West Elementary3.4 mi · 344
- Danville Middle School5.9 mi · 870
- South Elementary School5.9 mi · 626
- Danville Community High School6.3 mi · 853
Frequently asked questions
About Cascade Middle SchoolHow large is Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School enrolls approximately 332 students in grades 06-08.
Is Cascade Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cascade Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Cascade Middle School have?
Cascade Middle School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Cascade Middle School?
Cascade Middle School is overseen by Mill Creek Community Sch Corp in Hendricks County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.